Plain-English guides to child therapy, counselling and family support - plus NDIS funding and aged care - written by the team who does the work.
Finding a play therapist north of the city is harder than it should be. What the options are, what to ask before you book, and how the funding works. A school wellbeing officer suggests play therapy. You search it, and every promising…
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Short answer: often yes. It comes down to one thing, and it is not the provider. It is how your plan is managed. Parents ask us this in the first…
Continue readingWhen a child becomes "the angry one", they tend to grow into it. Narrative therapy puts the problem outside the child - and children take to it faster than adults…
Continue readingChildren carry family violence whether or not they were hurt and whether or not adults think they saw anything. What helps them recover, and what protective parents most need to…
Continue readingEvery service in Australia says it is trauma-informed. Very few explain what it changes. Here is what it should look like in practice - and what to ask if you…
Continue readingA sand tray and a shelf of small figures do something questions cannot. Here is how sand-based therapeutic intervention works, and why it suits children who will not talk.
Continue readingMost parents wait too long, because the signs look like ordinary bad behaviour or ordinary shyness. Here is what actually distinguishes a difficult phase from something a child needs help…
Continue readingChildren do not sit down and explain what is wrong. Play interventions are how a trained practitioner works with what a child cannot yet put into words - and here…
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The Commonwealth has replaced Home Care Packages with Support at Home. Here is what changed, what it means for existing clients, and what to do next.
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Short answer: often yes - but only when the need comes from your disability. Here is how the NDIA actually decides, and how to ask for it properly.
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